[BUG] Model Download URLs Not Clickable

[eureka0928]

Project

vgrep

Description

The models info command displays URLs for model downloads as plain text. Modern terminals support OSC 8 hyperlinks, allowing URLs to be clickable. Currently users must manually copy/paste URLs.

Error Message

$ vgrep models info
Available models:
  qwen3-embedding-0.6b
    Size: 620 MB
    URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B-GGUF/resolve/main/qwen3-embedding-0.6b-f16.gguf

# URL is plain text, not clickable in terminal

Debug Logs

System Information

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900HX (8 cores)
RAM: 16 GB

Screenshots

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Run vgrep models info
2. Observe URLs displayed as plain text
3. Attempt to click URL (nothing happens in supporting terminals)
4. Must manually select and copy URL to browser

Expected Behavior

• URLs rendered as OSC 8 hyperlinks in supporting terminals
• Clicking URL opens browser (in terminals like iTerm2, Windows Terminal, GNOME Terminal)
• Graceful fallback to plain text in unsupporting terminals

Actual Behavior

• URLs displayed as plain text only
• No hyperlink escape sequences
• Manual copy/paste required
• Suboptimal UX in modern terminals

Additional Context

Added OSC 8 hyperlink support in src/ui/console.rs:

/// Create a clickable hyperlink using OSC 8 escape sequence.
/// Falls back to plain text display in unsupporting terminals.
pub fn hyperlink(url: &str, text: &str) -> String {
    format!("\x1b]8;;{}\x07{}\x1b]8;;\x07", url, text)
}

/// Create a hyperlink where the URL is also the display text.
pub fn hyperlink_url(url: &str) -> String {
    hyperlink(url, url)
}

References

• OSC 8 Hyperlinks: https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda

[echobt]

The issue has been resolved. I have implemented OSC 8 hyperlink support for model URLs in the \models info\ command.

PR created: CortexLM/vgrep#12

This adds \hyperlink\ and \hyperlink_url\ helper functions to the console UI module and updates the models info display to use them, allowing for clickable links in supporting terminals.

[echobt]

Closing as resolved. PR CortexLM/vgrep#12 adds OSC 8 hyperlink support for model URLs in vgrep models info.